Happy Halloween!

From a greek goddess and a rocketship:

Countdown to Halloween!

Almost there:

At the Pumpkin Patch

At Critzer's Farm, which has a real patch with pumpkins still on the vines:

Surveying the field

Just right

The inspection

In the Leaves

Kevin has graciously made some leaf piles for the kids' enjoyment:

Helper

Post-jump

Never gets tired of this

Uh-oh, leaves down the back

Fall Abby

Fall Hike

At Ivy Creek:

Fall Farm Fun

Our annual visit to Greenfield Farm, joined by the Dugas and Duke families:

King of the hay bale maze

Mid-jump

Giant hay slide

All the kids on the hay ride

In the corn maze

Giant spider web - Abby's favorite

Greenbrier Fall Fun Fair

The kids have been counting down to this day:

On the hay ride

Abby with her friends in the bounce house

Just Dance

I was the parent of the week for Benji's Sunday school class yesterday, and they started with dance.  5 years old's doing the hora? Adorable.  And Benji got to partner with Ruthie, one of his best friends:

Halloween Crafts

It's getting to be that time:

On the Farm

We finally made it over to Bellair on the last day of the season.  Picked up our last produce share and did a little u-picking. 

Flowers:
 

 

Peppers:

And mud puddles for good measure:

Benji's Half Birthday

He has been asking to celebrate it for months. He chose sweethaus cupcakes (and gummies) and then asked for a present (which Abby obliged):

Apple Picking

Girl Scout Fly-Up Ceremony

After 2 years in Brownies, Abby's girl scout troop "flew up" to be Juniors this year. We had a low key ceremony, largely designed by the girls who requested:

1. To make their own refreshments
2. To have some sort of "flight"
3. A red carpet
4. Awards

Cake decorating

Welcoming Amalia to the troop

Awards

Sending their origami birds flying

Abby in her new sash (photo bombed by Celia)